Darryl K. Taft

Oracle announced the release of Oracle Tuxedo ART 12c, which includes Oracle Tuxedo Application Runtime for IBM CICS, IMS and Batch; and Oracle Tuxedo Application Rehosting Workbench. Oracle Tuxedo ART 12c helps enterprises reduce IT costs, compared to their current mainframes, by rehosting larger-scale mainframe applications more rapidly and running them more efficiently on traditional […]

Oracle has announced the availability of Oracle Tuxedo 12c, the latest edition of the legacy application server for conventional and cloud-based C, C++ and COBOL applications. The new release is optimized to run on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and is tightly integrated with Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. Oracle […]

IBM has announced a new class of network security appliance that delivers a more granular view of an organization’s IT security and delivers a simplified security management interface. The IBM appliance helps enterprises control new risks posed by social media and Web browsing, IBM said. The next-generation intrusion-prevention appliance helps users address advanced attacks targeting […]

The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on promoting Linux, has announced that three new companies are joining the organization: Antelink, Calxeda and Reaktor. These new members come from different industries addressing different markets and represent the diverse areas where Linux is playing a dominant role, illustrating the operating system€™s ability to adapt and continue […]

JetBrains, a maker of productivity-enhancing software development tools, has announced the general availability of ReSharper 7, a major new release of their productivity extension for Microsoft Visual Studio. With Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 release to manufacturing (RTM) set for early August, ReSharper 7 adds full-blown support for Visual Studio 2012 while preserving compatibility […]

The Impact of Streaming Video NBC will stream all of the Olympics’ 302 events live, showing more than 2,500 hours through 24 alternative HD streams. Averaging anywhere from 200K bps to 2M bps per video stream, Olympic video streams could consume from 30 to 60 percent of a business’ bandwidth, according to Blue Coat Systems […]

Adobe Systems announced that the British Broadcasting Corporation will use key components of Adobe€™s Project €œPrimetime€ to deliver live video streams and video-on-demand content of the summer Olympic Games in London across the Web and all major device types. €œPrimetime Simulcast€ will allow the BBC€™s coverage of the Olympics and major sports events to be […]

AppFog, which provides a managed platform as a service (PaaS) for cloud-based application deployment and management, has announced the pricing and general availability of its new platform for Web, enterprise and mobile developers. According to AppFog, its pricing is simple: You pay for the amount of RAM you need. To get started, developers and enterprises […]

IBM has created a new THINK exhibit app for iPad and Android tablets that traces the roots of modern innovation. The new app is IBM€™s way of celebrating centuries of science and technology innovations. In creating the app, IBM reinvented its 2011 THINK exhibit at New York City’s Lincoln Center as a free interactive app […]

The Better Business Bureau said that Oracle has agreed to pull its advertising claiming superiority of its Exadata database machines over IBM systems; however, the company plans to appeal the bureau€™s rap over its claims. The Better Business Bureau€™s National Advertising Division (NAD) on July 24 issued its second ruling this year against Oracle advertising€”for […]